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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Commentators' special: Martin Tyler, Rob Hawthorne and Bill Leslie reveal all about commentary and look back at the Premier League season

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports, Sports News, Soccer, News

4718 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In the latest episode of the Essential Football podcast, Ron Walker is joined by Sky Sports football commentators Martin Tyler, Rob Hawthorne and Bill Leslie ahead of the final weekend of the Premier League season.

In Part One, the trio reveal all about commentary, talking the ins and outs of the day job, how they got started and the challenges they face on the gantry!

And in Part Two, Tyler, Hawthorne and Leslie look back at the 2021/22 Premier League season as they discuss their best moments, best goals and favourite lines of the campaign.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365,

0:04.6

where every nail-biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion,

0:09.9

bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, false start, dead heat,

0:14.1

and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.

0:17.7

From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport,

0:20.8

whatever the moment, it's never

0:22.8

ordinary at Bet 365.

0:34.7

Hello, football fans. I'm Ron Walker and welcome to the Essential Football podcast. With one of the

0:40.8

Premier League's most memorable seasons coming to its conclusion this weekend, we have three special

0:45.4

guests for today's podcast who've seen as much action as anyone over the course of the campaign,

0:50.0

although it's their voice boxes more than their legs, which will be looking forward to a few

0:54.2

quiet weeks over the summer. We've got a commentator special for you today, and I'm delighted

0:58.7

to say hello to the voice of football, Martin Tyler, as well as fellow Sky Sports legends,

1:03.9

Bill Leslie and Rob Hawthorne, who have all been painstakingly perfecting their notes for the final

1:08.7

round of games this weekend.

1:15.2

Martin, we know you're going to be at the Etty had on Sunday as Manchester City take on Aston Villa, live on Sky Sports.

1:17.0

How much are you looking forward to that one?

1:18.6

Well, I look forward, Ron, and I'm sure the other guys would agree.

1:21.1

We look forward to every game.

1:22.7

People tell us that one game is more important than another, but it's always the next one that's the

1:27.7

most important, whatever stage in the season it is. Clearly, this is a title deciding day,

1:34.9

and that carries its own cachet. But the preparation is pretty much the same. You know, you have to

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